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They're definitely not known for being highly realistic flight simulators, though - not even the newer versions. Future Battlefield games would keep air warfare in them, so you'll be able to do the same with the more recent Battlefield 3 or Battlefield 4 (provided that you can get BF4 to work on your system). With BF1942, you could launch into the sky with an old Russian WWII fighter and circle the map, bombing strategic points as well as shooting down other pilots in the sky. However, it was one of the first war games that offered planes and helicopters in a rather enjoyable manner. Battlefield, on the other hand, may feature a handful of various aircraft, but that's it, and you can't add new ones or modify the existing ones.īattlefield 1942 isn't known for being a flight simulator, but rather a game of all out warfare. In MCFS 3, the list of playable aircraft includes:Ĭompared to Battlefield (which I'll get to later), MCFS is designed so that it allows additional aircraft to be installed via third-party add-ons much in the same way as the Microsoft Flight Simulator series allowed. The most recent one is most interesting to me personally as it is all about the "Battle for Europe" where you can play as the US Air Force, the Royal Air Force, or the Luftwaffe, and try to win the war with one of those three air forces.

After the original game, a second and third release followed, with the last release occurring in 2002. It was originally released in 1998 for the PC, so it should be playable on any Windows machine with compatibility settings enabled. Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator is unlike the famous Flight Simulator series in that MCFS revolves around the warfare among airplanes rather than peaceful flight simulation.